The NCAA Board of Governor's announced their position on North Carolina's HB2 "bathroom law" repeal and said it is "actively determining site selections" that could bring collegiate championships back to the state.

In a statement released Tuesday morning, the board stated:

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"In August of 2016, the NCAA Board of Governors instructed the relocation of NCAA championships scheduled in North Carolina during the 2016-17 academic year because of the cumulative impact HB2 had on local communities' ability to ensure a safe, healthy, discrimination-free atmosphere for all those watching and participating in our events.

Last week, the elected officials of North Carolina enacted compromise legislation that repealed HB2 and replaced it with a new law, HB142, that addressed a number of the concerns that led to the relocation of the NCAA championships. As with most compromises, this new law is far from perfect.

The NCAA did not lobby for any specific change in the law. The Board of Governors, however, was hopeful that the state would fully repeal HB2 in order to allow the host communities to ensure a safe, healthy, discrimination free atmosphere for the championship sites. While the new law meets the minimal NCAA requirements, the board remains concerned that some may perceive North Carolina's moratorium against affording opportunities for communities to extend basic civil rights as a signal that discriminatory behavior is permitted and acceptable, which is inconsistent with the NCAA Bylaws.

However, we recognize the quality championships hosted by the people of NorthCarolina in years before HB2. And this new law restores the state to that legallandscape: a landscape similar to other jurisdictions presently hosting NCAAchampionships.

We are actively determining site selections, and this new law has minimallyachieved a situation where we believe NCAA championships may be conducted in anondiscriminatory environment. If we find that our expectations of adiscrimination-free environment are not met, we will not hesitate to takenecessary action at any time.

We have been assured by the state that this new law allows the NCAA to enactits inclusive policies by contract with communities, universities, arenas,hotels, and other service providers that are doing business with us, ourstudents, other participants, and fans. Further, outside of bathroomfacilities, the new law allows our campuses to maintain their own policiesagainst discrimination, including protecting LGBTQ rights, and allows cities'existing nondiscrimination ordinances, including LBGTQ protections, to remaineffective.

In the end, a majority on the NCAA Board of Governors reluctantly voted toallow consideration of championship bids in North Carolina by our committeesthat are presently meeting. The NCAA championships previously awarded to NorthCarolina for 2017-18 will remain in the state. The board, however, directs thatany site awarded a championship event in North Carolina or elsewhere berequired to submit additional documentation demonstrating how student-athletesand fans will be protected from discrimination."

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